Japanese war crimes

A view of the Bridge on the River Kwai during a light-and-sound show in Kanchanaburi, Thailand, in 1994

A new book recalls the Japanese ‘railroad of death’ from World War II

Conflict

The Man Booker prize for literature in English was awarded to an Aussie author for a novel inspired by his father’s experiences as a Prisoner of War of the Japanese, working on the country’s World War II era ‘Railroad of Death’ in Thailand and Burma.

A tourist from China takes pictures of Japanese traditional masks at a souvenir shop in Asakusa district in Tokyo.

China and Japan must remedy their one-sided views of history

Books
The Yasukuni Shrine

Why is the Yasukuni Shrine so controversial?

Conflict & Justice